Language Communication and the Brain

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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER I. LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION AND THE BRAIN: THE BROADER CONTEXT -- CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON THE RELATION BETWEEN SPEECH AND THE BRAIN. MAJOR CONTEMPORARY THEORIES -- CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF THE SPEECH-BRAIN RELATION -- CHAPTER IV. SPEECH AND THE ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN -- CHAPTER V. CEREBRAL MECHANISMS OF SPEECH PRODUCTION -- CHAPTER VI. CEREBRAL MECHANISMS OF SPEECH RECEPTION -- CHAPTER VII. SPEECH AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN THE LIGHT OF APHASIA RESEARCH -- CHAPTER VIII. SPEECH AND GOAL-DIRECTED ACTIVITY IN THE LIGHT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- FINAL CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- SOURCES OF FIGURES